Cooling

This week, be quiet! held a virtual event announcing three new launches coming before the end of the year. This includes a white version of the Shadow Rock 3 CPU cooler, a new AIO water cooler with a decoupled pump design and the Silent Base 802 chassis. Starting with the Shadow …

Luke has never built a custom loop before - we throw him in at the deep end

Designed specifically for small form factor PCs, the Alphacool Eisbaer LT92 CPU cooler is quite different from other Eisbaer coolers. Featuring a 92mm full copper radiator and a relatively small but powerful pump, the Eisbaer LT92 CPU cooler “offers more than enough power for powerful processors with an appropriate fan”. The 40mm high …

Last year, Corsair entered the custom liquid cooling market with Hydro X, a full lineup of custom liquid cooling gear, all available separately. This year, Corsair made upgrading to a DIY liquid cooling loop even easier by packaging together Hydro X kits, each containing everything needed to liquid cool your …

Alphacool has recently launched a new SSD cooler and a new RGB flow indicator. Compatible with M.2 NVMe 2280 SSDs, the HDX Pro Air SSD cooler is designed to decrease the operating temperatures of M.2 SSD drives. Meanwhile, The Aurora Eisfluegel flow indicator is also on the way, offering RGB-lit flow monitoring …

Last year, Corsair entered the custom liquid cooling market with Hydro X, a full lineup of custom liquid cooling gear, all available separately or neatly packaged together in kits. Today, Leo is unboxing the new Hydro X Series iCUE XH305i RGB Custom Cooling Kit and better yet, we are also giving this £519.99 set of cooling gear away to one lucky KitGuru reader!

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ZALMAN has updated its entry-level CPU Cooler line-up with the CNPS4X. This new single-tower air-cooler is built using pure copper and aluminium – it also comes equipped with RGB lighting.  The CNPS4X RGB CPU Cooler from ZALMAN is built using pure copper and pure aluminium. The Cooler is fully compatible …

ID-COOLING already has an extensive collection of CPU tower coolers and all-in-one liquid coolers ranging from compact low-profile air coolers to huge dual-tower designs and large multi fan AIOs. This week the company has added another mid-range cooler to its thermal solutions arsenal. The new ID-COOLING SE-914-XT Series CPU air …

Gigabyte’s Waterforce series has outfitted motherboards with all-in-one monoblocks designed for custom water-cooling enthusiasts of late, with the most recent Z490 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce being no exception featuring a huge monoblock covering the CPU, VRM, SSD and PCH. However, Gigabyte has added a new member to the Waterforce range this …

How much does airflow and fan configuration inside a PC case really matter? We find out today with the be quiet! Pure Base 500DX case and Silent Wings 3 fans.

Aqua Computer has released the ULTITOP D5 DUAL, a dual pump top to house two D5's, providing improved water pressure and a fail-safe should one pump ever stop working, thus keeping your custom loop in working order.  Water cooling component specialists, Aqua Computer, has put much effort into making the …

ID-Cooling is back with a new 240mm all-in-one CPU liquid cooler- the IceFlow 240. This particular AIO comes with a patented pump design and addressable RGB lighting to bring an extra dash of colour to your gaming rig.  The ID-Cooling IceFlow 240's ARGB lighting is applied on both the frame …

Back in June, the EK-Expo was held, bringing us a ton of announcements for new water cooling gear. Now, these new products are starting to hit the market, starting off with the EK-Quantum flow indicators. The EK-Quantum Flow Indicator comes in three flavours depending on your needs. One is just …

MSI has taken on a different approach with this AIO cooler design, but is it any good?

If you own an EK D5 pump, you can now improve its hydraulic performance (up to 15%) by adding the newly released EK-Quantum Inertia D5 Body D-RGB tops. Featuring D-RGB LED lighting and a design that “seamlessly blends with the rest of the EK Quantum Line”, these new EK pump-tops are …

A while back, we had the opportunity to review the excellent ThermalTake Floe DX 360 AIO liquid cooler, assessing its cooling capabilities, noise output and of course, the fancy ARGB lighting. At the time, we gave it our highest award and now, the cooler is down to its lowest price …

Deepcool is back with a bigger version of the Castle EX AIO

It certainly isn’t easy for new brands breaking into the PC enthusiasts’ market, many have tried in the past with relatively little success. However, that has not deterred Montech from dipping its toes in this competitive market and the company is back with the release of a new ARGB fan …

Gigabyte has announced the whole AORUS LIQUID COOLER Series can support Intel i9 10900K CPU running all cores at 5.2GHz. Gigabyte said that its AORUS LIQUID COOLER Series passes the long-period burning test of Prime95 benchmark with “super high loading”. Under heavy loads the Intel Core i9 10900K processor – with …

Arctic has released the successor to the Freezer 13 CPU cooler. The new Freezer 13X series includes 4 new coolers for both Intel and AMD systems. Just like the original Freezer 13 series, there is a CO variant that includes a fan with increased reliability for continuous operation. All CPU …

An AIO with an LCD display, whatever next?!

EK is expanding its Quantum Torque series of fittings with over 20 new static extenders. By using these extenders, you can easily interconnect your components by adjusting the tube positioning without overworking the tubing itself. Designed to match the EK-Quantum Torque fittings, these static extenders consist of 21 models with …

EK has launched a new pumpless Quantum Kinetic TBE 160 DDC Body D-RGB pump-reservoir combo. As strange as that may sound, as a ‘pumpless' pump-reservoir combo, users can attach their own DDC pump, which EK claims allows “for a more affordable upgrade process from the previous generation of reservoirs.” The …

Deepcool has just launched the new X-Frame MF120 GT A-RGB fans in packs of 3. Deepcool claims the translucent blades give these fans a unique aesthetic, allowing the twenty ARGB LEDs to easily shine through the blades, resulting in a “striking new look” for your system. Due to the translucent …

Raijintek has unveiled its latest standalone Morpheus VGA cooler, designed to replace your graphics cards' current cooling solution. Capable of handling GPUs with a TDP of up to 360W, the Morpheus 8057 VGA cooler is compatible with most current-gen GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD.  The Morpheus 8057 features 12x …

EK Water Blocks has expanded its professional range this week with a host of new workstation/server-grade water blocks for powerful workstation graphics cards from both Nvidia and AMD, including Quadro, Tesla and Radeon Pro WX GPUs. The company claims that this is just the beginning of its push into the …

Alphacool has introduced five new NexXxoS series copper radiators, ranging in size from the absolutely gargantuan 1260mm model, all the way down to more manageable 200mm sizes. Alphacool has been making its copper radiators for some time now, and when announcing these new models, the German cooling company said that “the …

Aqua Computer has announced a new water block for the Threadripper platform. The Cuplex Kryos Next sTRX4 FC was initially set to release in 2018, but production was postponed. This meant the block was initially designed for the Threadripper 2000 series of processors, but Aqua Computer redesigned it for AMD's latest …

ID-Cooling has introduced its latest low-profile CPU cooler, the IS-47K. This 47mm-tall cooler is ideal for Mini-ITX builds equipped with Intel Core i3/i5 and Ryzen 3/5 CPUs thanks to its 130W TDP design and slim body. The low-profile design of the IS-47K allows users to install virtually any high-profile memory …